unthinkable
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Synonyms
fantastic (also fantastical), implausible, inconceivable, incredible, incredulous, unbelievable, uncompelling, unconceivable, unconvincing, unimaginable
Antonyms
believable, cogitable, conceivable, convincing, credible, creditable, imaginable, plausible, supposable, thinkable
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At that point, pursuing medical school was unthinkable. — Dallas News, "How the young owner of Frisco's Detour Doughnuts learned the business from her Korean parents," 14 Aug. 2019 There seems plenty of blame to go around for this unthinkable tragedy. — Fox News, "Jeffrey Epstein’s attorney says many have ‘blood on their hands’ after apparent suicide," 11 Aug. 2019 What happened was unthinkable, and our family, much like yours, is still trying to come to terms with last night’s events. — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, "Christopher Ranch Garlic statement: ‘Gilroy to persevere’," 29 July 2019 One year ago today, Chris Watts did the unthinkable. — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, "Killer Dad Chris Watts Is 'Tormented By His Past' in Prison, Says Source," 13 Aug. 2019 The 2014 murder of 43 students in the Mexican state of Guerrero, however, underlined the genre’s potency as a way to protest the unthinkable in the social media era. — Los Angeles Times, "In El Paso’s wake, a corrido honors the dead and points fingers at the villains," 10 Aug. 2019 And further escalation is possible as both sides reach for economic weapons that were considered unthinkable a few years ago. — The Economist, "Dangerous miscalculations," 8 Aug. 2019 As the treaty’s expiration loomed, separating the New Territories from the rest of Hong Kong became increasingly unthinkable. — Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, "How Hong Kong’s complex history explains its current crisis with China," 7 Aug. 2019 Now the Kennedy family must do yet another hard and unthinkable thing, to bury yet another child. — David M. Shribman, BostonGlobe.com, "Death of RFK’s granddaughter is latest burden for Kennedys," 3 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unthinkable.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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